The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18
FLORIDA.

An effort is being made to form COM
pany a Daytona to build a bridge across tho
river at that place. 1t will cost $4,000.
S. P. Hinckley will sail his yacht Tempest
against the Margarita, Key Vests cham
pion, at Charlotte Harbor this week, for
purse of 5000.
Mr. Fletcher, who died in Sanford few
days ago, carried insurance policies on his
life amounting to somewhere between
$4,000 and $4,000.
Maj G. II. Norris, of Spring Garden,
died Thursday of Bright's disease of the
kidneys. He viii be buried with Masonic
honors this afternoon.
The wharf now being built at Brushy
Point, near Tampa, will be LOO feet long,
which will secure depth of seventeen feet
of water at mean low tide.
It is rumored that number Of Ocala's
enterprising and wide-awake business men
are thinking seriously of creating near the
city an experimental tobacco farm.
Eighteen years ago Neel Rain moved from
Alachua county to Texas. Last Monday he
passed through Tallahassee, en- route to his
old home, travelling by private conveyance,
and having been eleven weeks on the road.
Mr. Dillon, Superintendent of the West.
ern Union and international Ocean tele-
graph offices in jacksonville has been APP
pointed manager of the Bell Telephone
Exchange in that city, vice Mr.. Rood trans
ferred to Savannah.
Dr. Thompson, who has shown faith in
Ocala's future possibilities by erecting SO
many brick business houses, will now pro
coed TO erect a handsome dwelling for his
own use on the lot east of the Florida South
ern railroad track, and on south side of Fort
King avenue.
John Cleland, a conductor of the South
Florida railroad, who has kept the yellow
fever end of the road running during the
late epidemic, has struck it rich for the last
two months. Besides his regular salary of
$50 month as conductor he received sos a
month as special postal clerk, and also a
salary as express messenger.
At st. Augustine the old building former
ly occupied by George Myer d CO., which
has so long been an eye-sore to the public,
standing, as it did, between the Ponce de
Leon and Alcazar, is now being moved out
of the way. Myer a. Co. have moved out
into their new store on Bridge street. All
the sheds now standing in front of the AL
cazar will be removed in day or two.
| Senator Mann says the orange crop of the
State this year viii not exceed 100000
boxes. He pronounces the home auction
scheme great success. He predicts that
ordinary fruit will bring So a box within
| thirty days if the tendency to glut the mar
ket is stopped. If it is not, in thirty days
| from to-day there will be none to sell at any
| price. He thinks fancy fruit will bring,
during the Sub-Tropical days, from S. to
| $40 a box in Jacksonville.
| At St. Augustine real estate has taken
| decided advance in the past few days, and
| the number Of sales of property in and
around the city has taken a big jump.
| Thursday a sale was made by the st Johns
Savings Bank to NJ. G. Dizer, a prominent
shoe dealer of Boston, of lot on Cordova
street, owned by Celestino Segui. The
price paid was 81, 800 Mr.. Dizer intends
erecting handsome residence for winter
| home. Mr.. Dizer and family will spend the
winter at the Magnolia Hotel. Mr.. Irwin
Drysdale has purchased a lot on Canal
street. j. w. Teasley, a contractor
on the Casa Monica, has pur-
chased a lot through j. IL. Slater
in New Augustine, aud will erect a
dwelling Immediately. Several other sales
have been consummated during the week.
At Tarpon Springs the tourist season has
now fairly opened and numbers Of people
are arriving by every boat. The Tarpon
| Springs Hotel opened its doors about a
week ago and the indications are that the
house will do rushing business for the
next four months. Nearly all Of the winter
residents, people who have their OWL homes